Michelle Obama and three of her family members are staying in a $8,350-per-night Beijing presidential suite, but despite a 24-hour butler and other perks that come with the lodging, her entourage has inconvenienced ‘pretty much everyone’ and made the hotel staff ‘fed up,’ a well-placed hotel staffer has told MailOnline.

The sumptuous pad at the Westin Beijing Chaoyang hotel – its website calls the room ‘an oasis of comfort – is a 3,400-square-foot masterpiece including a private steam room, ‘corner sofas with silk pillows,’ and in-room dining for six.

But the Obamas’ stay has already affected staff and guests at the hotel, with the Westin front-desk veteran alleging that Mrs. Obama’s mother Marian Robinson has been ‘barking at the staff since she arrived.’
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‘We can’t wait for this to be over, to tell you the truth,’ he said in a sudden hush. ‘We entertain many important people here, but this has been, I think, very different.’

Michelle Obama took her kids and mother are along for the trip because apparently her office said they didn’t want to offend the tradition-rich people of China with a non-multigenerational visit. Those WH press offices can be really creative when they have to be.

Update:

In China, FLOTUS extolled freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Nice, but it would have packed more of a credibility punch if her husband’s administration wasn’t back home battling nuns in court and the IRS hadn’t been targeting and attempting to silence conservative groups.